Upper-Intermediate Test

Level test · Upper-Intermediate · B2

At B2 English becomes a tool rather than a subject. Subtler structures and precise shades of meaning: sixteen questions will show whether you can hold that bar

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I ___ painting the room. Doesn’t it look lovely?

Correct: have finished The work has just been finished and the result matters now: it is ready. Hence have finished
___ invented paper.

Correct: The Chinese When we speak about the Chinese as a people, English says the Chinese
I went to work ___ I was ill.

Correct: even though A whole clause follows even though, while despite and in spite of need a noun; despite of does not exist
- I haven’t finished yet.

Correct: Neither have I. If someone says something negative and you want to agree, you say Neither have I
My aunt, ___ doesn’t like dogs, was given a puppy for Christmas.

Correct: who Here we add extra information about a person between commas. That construction takes who
The trial ___ at the moment.

Correct: is being held The event is happening right now, and someone is running it. Hence is being held
This time next week I ___ on the beach.

Correct: 'll be lying We are talking about a particular moment in the future and picturing the action already in progress: I’ll be lying on the beach
I ___ the article by Friday, so I’ll email it to you then.

Correct: 'll have finished By Friday means “it will be ready before Friday”. Hence will have finished
If I ___ come back by 9:00, start dinner without me.

Correct: haven’t The meaning is “if I still haven’t come back by then”. Hence if I haven’t come back
Carlos has lived in London for years. He ___ on the left.

Correct: is used to driving He got used to it and still drives that way: is used to driving. After is used to comes an -ing form
I wish the bus ___. I’m freezing!

Correct: would come Here wish carries an impatient wish: “I wish it would just come”. For that we use would come
Carl ___ participate even though he didn’t want to.

Correct: was made to Someone made the person do it. In this form make takes to: was made to participate
They ___ us, it was too dark.

Correct: can’t have seen We are sure they could not have seen us. Hence can’t have seen
We’ve gone the wrong way. We ___ left at the traffic lights.

Correct: shouldn’t have turned We have already turned and now see it was wrong: shouldn’t have turned
I ___ you a present if I ___ it was your birthday. Sorry I didn’t.

Correct: would have bought ... 'd known A different past: he did not buy it because he did not know. Hence would have bought … if I’d known
Yesterday he said, “I’m going to the party tomorrow.”

Correct: He said he was going to the party the next day. We report words said earlier: what was tomorrow then becomes the next day